Month: January 2026

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

I love my Desktop

I don’t know where the existence of desktop computers is going to go in the future, but I still absolutely love my desktop. It is stable. I don’t need or want to carry it everywhere. I don’t need a docking station; it IS the docking station. I never worry about having enough ports. I can do so much more multitasking on it. And best of all, when I sit down to work with it, I sit down and get to work; I don’t spend the first 15 minutes figuring out dongles and cords and cameras. I just work. We’ve taken

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

Everyone Gets a Laptop

Software and technology are not so ubiquitous that I am carrying someone’s laptop everywhere I go. And it’s a toss-up whether I get the “old model” or the “new ones we’re rolling out”. Some are good, some aren’t, and eventually we all need an upgrade. Instead, let everyone buy whatever they want and roll out VDI – I’m sure there are issues to fix, but that way people are at the very least getting to work with the machine that gives them the best comfort and maximum productivity. If you’re asking them to lug it around, make it something worthwhile

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

The Battle for Remote Work

When I was a summer student, I shared a closet-sized cubicle, about 12 feet by 4 feet, with 4 other students. I could be wrong on the measurements, but here is what I remember; If you were at the back, you had to navigate past everyone’s chairs to get there. I shared a phone with someone, but even then never wanted to use it because they were 3 feet from me. You could see everyone’s screens and what they were doing. You could not lean back and stretch because you would bump into someone. And you never ate lunch at

4 months ago

Greg Thomas

Just Start

No one is watching. Just Start. Doesn’t matter if it’s a mess. Just Start. Does it seem daunting? Just Start. Not sure where to Start? Just Start. Now, is the best day, above all days, to get started – you have no calls, no meetings, no nothing. So just, start.

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